[139242] in North American Network Operators' Group
PCH survey on peering
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Woodcock)
Thu Mar 31 04:05:52 2011
From: Bill Woodcock <woody@pch.net>
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:04:53 -0700
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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Howdy.
We're conducting a statistical overview of peering sessions for a =
research paper. The paper we produce will be input into OECD guidelines =
on national communications regulatory frameworks, so we'd very much like =
it to accurately reflect the diversity of peering agreements out there =
in the world. At the same time, if we ask for too much data, people =
will be reluctant to answer our questions, so we've tried to keep the =
data we're collecting as simple as possible.
Specifically, for each other Autonomous System you peer with, we'd be =
interested in knowing the following five pieces of information:
Your ASN
Your peer's ASN
Whether a written and signed peering agreement exists (the =
alternative being that it's less formal, like a "handshake agreement")
Whether the terms are roughly symmetric (the alternative being that =
it describes an agreement with different terms for each of the two =
parties, like one paying the other, or one receiving more or fewer than =
full customer routes)
If a jurisdiction of governing law is defined
The easiest way for us to take the information is as a tab-text file or =
spreadsheet, consisting of rows as follows:
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Your ASN: Integer
Peer ASN: Integer
Written agreement: Boolean
Symmetric: Boolean
Governing Law: ISO 3166 two-digit country-code, or empty
For instance:
42 <tab> 715 <tab> false <tab> true <tab> us <cr>
42 <tab> 3856 <tab> true <tab> true <tab> us <cr>
The ASNs are just there so we can avoid double-counting a single pair of =
peers, when we hear from both of them. As soon as we've collated the =
data, we'll strip the ASNs to protect privacy, and only the final =
aggregate statistics will be published in any case. We've currently got =
about 10,000 sessions documented, and would love to have as many more as =
possible. We'd like to finish collecting data by the end of the second =
week of April, two weeks from now.
If you're able to help us, please email me the data in whatever form you =
can. If you need a non-disclosure, we're happy to sign one.
Thanks for considering this,
-Bill Woodcock
Research Director
Packet Clearing House
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